Bawani: Don’t turn incident into racial issue

Bawani urges public instead to focus on fighting for free education.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Law student KS Bawani, who became an overnight sensation when she stumped a NGO leader with her questions on free education, today called on the public to refrain from racial attacks and instead focus on the fight for free education.

Bawani, who was told by Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) president Sharifah Zohra Jabeen to go to Cuba or Argentina if she was looking for free education, urged the public to refrain from turning the incident into a racial issue.

She also urged the public to fight against attempts to brainwash university students into harbouring contempt against opposition and anti-establishment figures.

“The main issue here is on our education system and how university students are being brainwashed by NGOs invited to give talks to students,” she told a press conference here.

“Please do not divert it into a racial issue,” she urged.